Martin Kane The Face of the Inventor (Season 2, Episode 23)
TV Episode | 30 min | Crime, Drama

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Martin Kane

The Face of the Inventor (Season 2, Episode 23)

TV Episode | 30 min | Crime, Drama

Kane is asked by a dead inventor's secretary to investigate a murder when she and the other beneficiaries are all deemed to be suspects in the killings.

Directors

Frank Burns | A. Edward Sutherland

Writers

Alvin Boretz (written by) | Finis Farr | Henry Kane (written by) | Donald S. Sanford (written by) (as Don Sanford) | Joel Sayre

Producers

Frank Burns | A. Edward Sutherland

Composer

Charles Paul

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 22, 1951

Release date

Mar 22, 1951 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Walter Kinsella Happy McMann Happy McMann See fewer	The Tattooed Stranger (1950)
Loring Smith Capt. Evans Capt. Evans See fewer	Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Frank M. Thomas Capt. Burke Capt. Burke See fewer	Behind the Headlines (1937)
Nicholas Saunders Sgt. Ross Sgt. Ross See fewer	Bananas (1971)
Bertha Belmore Madame Zwinak Madame Zwinak See fewer	Over the Garden Wall (1934)
Lawrence Fletcher Henry Hackett Henry Hackett See fewer	The Ford Theatre Hour (1948)
Vinton Hayworth Jeffery O'Donnell Jeffery O'Donnell See fewer	China Passage (1937)
Jem Benet Mildred Low Mildred Low See fewer	Martin Kane (1949)
Sylvia Stone Shirley West Shirley West See fewer	Hands of Mystery (1949)
Mary LaRoche Rhonda Noble (as Mary La Roche) Rhonda Noble (as Mary La Roche) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
James Nolan Steve Jensen (as Jim Nolan) Steve Jensen (as Jim Nolan) See fewer	Dirty Harry (1971)
Stewart Bradley Kharl Bixby Kharl Bixby See fewer	Kraft Theatre (1947)
Farrell Pelly Scientist Scientist See fewer	Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Thomas Heaphy John Bixby (as Thomas M. Heaphy) John Bixby (as Thomas M. Heaphy) See fewer	Lights Out (1946)
Jack Waldron Bartender Bartender See fewer	The Plainclothesman (1949)
William Gargan Martin Kane Martin Kane See fewer	The Story of Temple Drake (1933)